At 10/31/09 08:57 PM, Fifty-50 wrote:
I'm starting a sketch. I've just started to make the line art. I'm gonna add color to it later on.

After a lot of time, here's the finished product:

Im having some problems with the scribbly shading and the softbrushed in one drawing...
it makes it look inconsistent.

More importantly though, you should have kept it in your old thread

Oh sorry about that, this is my new thread. This time it's permanent. And the soft shading on the first drawing was meant to be put there, to add softening effects. Plus that was the first time I used my new technique in coloring. There's always room for improvement I might say.

New digital artists always make the mistake of blurring their colours (dont worry, we all did it).

Instead of being somewhat rebellious with your colour, make it crisp to look at. Try and and aim to show curvature in your shading, if you are going for something more arty, go for something a little more gritty. Colour needs just as much attention as the pencils so give your lineart the colour and appreciation it deserves.

I really like the way you use lines to make it look more detailed and to emphasise shading. You should check out this Illustrators work > Chris Riddell. This image kinda shows how he uses line to shade. Sniper looks awesome, some nice work, keep it up :D

At 11/22/09 02:06 AM, CloudEater wrote:
I really like the way you use lines to make it look more detailed and to emphasise shading. You should check out this Illustrators work > Chris Riddell. This image kinda shows how he uses line to shade. Sniper looks awesome, some nice work, keep it up :D

Yeah, like myself, Chris Riddell uses the almost same style I use, that's because maybe I myself experienced editorial cartooning. I use techniques that cartoonists use in their line art. Happy you liked sniper though!

At 11/24/09 05:17 AM, Fifty-50 wrote:
I'm making a new sketch, it's a skeleton moose or dear, whatever.... This time I'll be avoiding blurring when it comes to shading. Here's what I started so far.

Looks really good so far, instead of just making the area between the ribs and in the eye black it would be better if you showed the back of his skull or the ribs at the back. It'd be ok if the background is going to be dark though. Don't shade it to much cos the way you draw it already slightly shows the shadows. I don't think I've seen a grim reaper of ruminants before... can't wait to see the final product :D

Keep up this style, it's very good. You might wanna try him in different poses instead of just holding the scyth. ATM he's just a skeleton standing there. I feel that he needs to be leaping from the page about to gut me. But nonetheless, I like it. The lineart is pretty damn good too.